Give Love on Christmas Day
| "Give Love on Christmas Day" | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Single by Jackson 5 also a single by BlackGirl | ||
| From the album Treat U Right | ||
| Released | 1994 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Genre | R&B | |
| Length | 3:41 | |
| Label | RCA Records | |
| Writers | Allen, D. | |
| Producer | Darryl Simmons | |
| Video director | ?? | |
| Certification | Gold | |
| Chart positions | # 113 (USA) | |
| BlackGirl singles chronology | ||
| "Where Did We Go Wrong" 1994 |
"Give Love on Christmas Day" 1994 |
"Let's Do It Again" 1995 |
"Give Love on Christmas Day" was a Christmas classic soul original by Motown family quintet The Jackson 5. Released to R&B radio in 1970, the song, written by the famed label's songwriting-producing team, The Corporation, was an ode to everybody to "give love on Christmas" because "no greater gift is better than love." The song became an oft-covered song in decades to come re-recorded by the kid band that follow the J5's footsteps, New Edition, for their 1985 Christmas album and was given another overhaul by one of its other members, R&B singer Johnny Gill, in 1990 for an all-star Motown Christmas album. R&B group BlackGirl in 1994 and R&B singer Faith Evans has also covered the song live during a Christmas telecast in 2001. It's the J5's and Gill's versions that are most memorable.